Refrigerator-box.



S. M. RINEHART.

REFRIGERATOR BOX.

APPLICATION FILED I/III.26. 1914.

1,150,884. Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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STANTON M. RINEHART, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

REFRIGERATOR-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

Application filed January 26, 19-14. Serial N 0. 814,391.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STANTON M. RINE- HART, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Refrigerator-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient window refrigerator, simple, strong, durable and practically inexpensive in construction, which is accessible by the simple opening of the window and which is provided with a tight serviceable closed front when the window is down.

My invention consists of certain details of construction hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the ac companying drawings, in which Figure I shows a perspective view of a window fitted out with my device, the window being closed. Fig. II shows a sectional view of the lower part of a window fitted out with my device; Fig. III shows a detail view of the manner in which the closed front fits the box; and Fig. IV shows the outside of a part of a window and a sectional view of my device secured thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 10 is used to indicate a window frame the numeral 11 the upper sash, the numeral 12 the lower sash and the numeral 18 the outer sill thereof.

The numeral 1 1 indicates a large box, preferably of sheet metal, open at its front and provided with trays, if desired. The base of the box, near its forward end, is perforated to hook over upwardly projecting screws or headed rivets 15, as shown secured in the outer sill. I use this construction so as to provide means to easily remove the box if such is desired.

The numeral 16 indicates footings preferably of metal, secured near the outer edge of the outer sill, and designed to cause the box to rest on a horizontal plane when it is attached to the window.

Rigidly secured to the outer surface of the lower sash is a strip of sheet metal, metal edged glass 17, or the like, designed as a front for the box, said metal strip having its upper edge turned outwardly and downwardly, as shown at 18 to fit over the projecting flange 19, of the box when the window sash is down. This metal strip 17 also has its vertical side edges turned to fit over the projecting outturned sides of the box thus obviously causing the front 17 to be always attached, slidably, on to the box.

It is obvious that in practical operation the raising of the window lifts the front of the refrigerator box and the lowering of the window closes the box.

My device may be constructed of any suitable material or the construction of same may be changed in minor details without altering my invention and I desire it to be understood I do not wish to limit myself to the specific details as shown in the drawmg.

Having thus described my invention what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A window refrigerator comprising, in combination, a window having a vertically sliding sash and an outer sill, headed members upstanding from the window sill adjacent to the sash, a box opening at its front toward the sash and provided in its bottom adjacent the forward edge with spaced perforations adapted to releasably engage over the upstanding members on the sill, spaced footings secured to the bottom of the box near the outer edge for supporting the ad jacent part olf the sill, the top and side walls having their edges about the open 1 front out-turned to provide flanges, and a front closure for the box secured to the sash for bodily movement and having its upper and vertical side edges turned outwardly and toward the box to engage over the box flanges to seal and hold the box in position.

STANTON M. RINEHART. Witnesses:

M. L. BUsHBY, OTTO C. JEHLING.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G." 

